Table 41. Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Crops 
Under glass or other protection 
In the open 
Value of sales 
Farms 
Square feet 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Dollars 
Aquatic plants 
2012 
9 
32,180 
3 
1 
11 
136,915 
2007 
17 
60,939 
14 
17 
26 
708,659 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
8 
(D) 
37 
1,339 
40 
(D) 
2007 
5 
3,823 
73 
1,755 
76 
6,243,232 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
39 
1,526,935 
26 
341 
56 
40,709,550 
2007 
30 
1,891,834 
29 
548 
50 
29,617,227 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
540 
9,350,033 
575 
2,175 
873 
132,917,261 
2007 
440 
10,561,649 
548 
2,522 
820 
142,798,533 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
393 
7,143,025 
231 
609 
500 
97,531,412 
2007 
354 
7,938,980 
259 
613 
514 
102,109,040 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
90 
993,236 
301 
1,348 
341 
22,511,838 
2007 
51 
991,292 
306 
1,785 
325 
30,003,006 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
29 
329,662 
6 
4 
30 
2,929,252 
2007 
17 
98,400 
3 
8 
19 
2,004,971 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
78 
729,039 
38 
35 
97 
7,958,412 
2007 
82 
1,478,459 
41 
23 
107 
7,903,708 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
39 
155,071 
56 
180 
75 
1,986,347 
2007 
6 
54,518 
5 
93 
9 
777,808 
Flower seeds 
2012 
3 
(D) 
8 
140 
10 
(D) 
2007 
7 
139 
15 
(D) 
22 
315,594 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
33 
27,795 
(X) 
(X) 
30 
83,786 
2007 
14 
4,966 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
6,549 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
339 
752,478 
(X) 
(X) 
337 
3,635,652 
2007 
163 
495,725 
(X) 
(X) 
163 
5,473,535 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
181 
55,591 
(X) 
(X) 
179 
258,355 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
39 
53,151 
(X) 
(X) 
39 
236,564 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
29 
70,376 
(X) 
(X) 
29 
285,755 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
33 
107,870 
(X) 
(X) 
33 
721,725 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
25 
113,975 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
481,295 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
16 
122,419 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
481,364 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
16 
229,096 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
1,170,594 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
14 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
(D) 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
40,000 or more square feet 
- 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
- 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
247 
335,320 
(X) 
(X) 
245 
2,446,356 
2007 
122 
309,555 
(X) 
(X) 
122 
1,934,663 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
234 
417,158 
(X) 
(X) 
234 
1,189,296 
2007 
88 
186,170 
(X) 
(X) 
88 
3,538,872 
Mushrooms 
2012 
17 
414,982 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
(D) 
2007 
15 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
180 
4,569,639 
562 
5,702 
621 
117,859,727 
2007 1 
142 
6,289,714 
547 
7,086 
585 
106,107,571 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
20 
2,010 
20 
9,135,298 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
19 
2,384 
19 
15,192,510 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
25 
8 
64,973 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
108 
3 
270,000 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
968 
5 
3,072,500 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
12 
8,275 
130 
11,259 
139 
21,104,036 
2007 
17 
8,062 
128 
10,596 
135 
17,659,900 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
76 
151,084 
24 
54 
86 
621,712 
2007 
31 
75,322 
21 
33 
45 
316,905 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
38 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
